Books in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars series

Jedi Kit Fisto and Plo Koon take on an assault mission with a squad of tough Republic commandos on the ice planet Khorm, to free the enslaved Khormai people and destroy the Separatists' mountain fortress. But the arrival of feared assassin Asajj Ventress with her elite commandos test the skill of the Jedi and the Republic forces.

Behind enemy lines, Jedi Knight Aayla Secura's covert mission is threatened by an encounter with Shon-Ju-a former Padawan turned cult leader. Shon-Ju claims to be after the same Separatist warlord that Aayla was sent to capture, but he also has plenty of reasons to hate the Republic and the Jedi. The Force is with Aayla, but she may need more than